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Civil War Website Treasure Hunt (updated 7/2003 by Susan C. Bisset) Name: Benny Phillips________________________________ Go to http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/civilwar.htm and read through the site to answer the following questions. 1. ____A civil war is a war between different groups of people who belong to the same country_______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did the American Civil War start? _The American Civil War was fought between____________________________________ 3 Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia _____________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ What are the Border States? _Thus, America began the conflict that would take the lives of more than 620,000 of its citizens and injure more than 375,00______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. What were the cultural differences in the North and the South? South to give up their farms, build factories, and abolish slavery. Congress treated the slaves as personal property and would not take away rights of ownership. _________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 5. What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820? A civil war is a war between different groups of people who belong to the same country. The American Civil War was fought between the North (Union states) and the South (Confederate states). It lasted from 1861-1865, triggered by the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Lincoln wanted to end slavery and keep the Union together. ___________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 6. Aside from the compromises, list four secession events leading to the war? 1. Republican Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President on March 4, 1861 __In the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln said the Civil War was to preserve a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." __________________________________________________________________ 2. _Most Civil War soldiers did not travel before they joined the army. ___________________________________________________________________ 3John Paul "Jay" Monahan, III, my second cousin. ______Thus, America began the conflict that would take the lives of more than 620,000 of its______________________________________________________________ 4. At home, families and friends were on opposite sides of the war ____________________________________________________________________ 7. List the causes of the Civil War? __________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 8. Name three influential people of the Civil War. Then, link to further information on these people by clicking on their names. List four new pieces of information your learned about each person. 1. ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 9. Name the battle Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 First Battle at Bull Run (Manassas) July 21, 1861 Shiloh April 6, 1862 Antietam Sept. 16, 1862 Gettysburg Vicksburg July 1, 1863 July 4, 1863 : This was the beginning of the Civil War_yes______________________________________ Volunteer soldiers lined-up in clean uniforms __________________________________ Bloodiest battle of the Civil War __________(Virginia Senate Resolution 221, 1998 in honor of John Paul Monahan, III___________________________________ Led to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation ___________________________ Turning point of the war The Stonewall Jackson Brigade, in Woodstock, Virginia._____________________________________________ This victory split the Confederacy in two _Thus, America began the conflict that would take the lives_______________________________ 10. In which state were most of the battles fought? Lincoln wanted to end slavery and keep the Union together. _______________________ 11. What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address? It lasted from 1861-1865, triggered by the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860____________________ ________________________________________________________________ 12. How, when, and where did the Civil War end? The conflict between the North (the Yankees) and the South (the Rebels) started because of their different ways of living________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 13. Describe four things about the home front during the war. 1. _Thus, America began the conflict that would take the lives of more than 620,000 of its citizens and injure more than 375,00___________________________________________________________________ 2. The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District Commission. ____________________________________________________________________ 3Early, and cook. ____________________________________________________________________ 4. ,000 troops of the Army of the Shenandoah). Jay was an avid collector of war relics and Civil War document____________________________________________________________________ 14. Who was Clara Barton? On April 12, 1861 at 4:30 A.M. the first shot hurtled over Fort Sumter________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ What were two of her accomplishments? The First Battle at Bull Run (1861) was the first major battle. It was suppose to be the shortest and the end to the brand new war. Volunteer soldiers lined-up in colorful, clean uniforms waiting for the event to begin. People with picnic baskets sat on the hillsides as the troops battled. After ten hours of fighting, 900 soldiers _____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 15. During the war, how many letters passed through Washington, DC, daily? A civil war ________ 16. What were two disadvantages of the African Americans that fought in the war? _________________________________________________________________________ 17. List three amendments that passes after the Civil War ended. What are they about? The conflict between the North (the Yankees) and the South (the Rebels) started because of their different ways of living. The North wanted the South to give up their farms, build factories, and abolish slavery. Congress treated the slaves as personal property and______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 18. What was Reconstruction? Thus, America began the conflict that would take the lives of more than 620,000______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 19. What was sharecropping? Congress treated the slaves as personal property and would not take away rights of ownership. _______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 20. If you were in the Civil War, what side would you choose? Why? _Known as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War________ ________________________________________________________________
